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Keating: U.S. Involvement In Libya ‘Unwise’

A US Navy F-16 fighter jet based at Sigonella airbase on the Italian island of Sicily takes off on March 21, 2011 to take part in operations in Libya. Italy has also provided seven airbases as key staging points for strikes by Western-led coalition forces to destroy Libya's air defences and impose a no-fly zone.AFP PHOTO/MARIO LAPORTA. (Photo credit should read MARIO LAPORTA/AFP/Getty Images)

HYANNIS (CBS) – Massachusetts Congressman Bill Keating feels the U.S. military has enough to handle already, and any involvement in Libya may prove to be too much.

“We’re already extended near the limit, and I do think opening up in another theater is unwise,” said Rep. Keating.

As a veteran (Vietnam) of the best example of staying out of other countries business, I do agree with helping the Libyan rebels with air support. But no boots on the ground. I do however wonder about our “good” intentions. Libya has oil (money). Yemen, Syria, Jordan do not. Yet we do not hear a word about them killing protestors who are trying to make a better place to live for themselves. I also wonder how far such a movement would get in this country before our government started doing the same thing.